GettingStartedinBlackboardCollaborateUltraforFaculty

Ø BlackboardCollaborateUltraisentirelybrowser-based.Nodownloadsarerequired.Ø TherequiredbrowsersforBBCollaborateareGoogleChromeorMozillaFirefox

o Toviewupto5webcamvideos,GoogleChromemustbeusedInthisguideyouwilllearnthefollowing:

• Bestpracticesforwebconferencing• HowtocreateandjoinaBBCollaborateUltraSession• OverviewoftheBBCollaborateUltraInterface• Howtosetupyouraudioandvideo• Howtosharecontent• Howtoseetheparticipantslistandusethechattool

BestPracticesforBBCollaborate

• Useheadset/microphoneforbestaudioquality• Connecttotheinternetviawiredconnection• ClosedownallbackgroundprogramsthatarenotbeingusedfortheBBCollaborateSession

(email,Skype,extrawebbrowsers,andanyotherdesktopapplications)CreatingandJoiningaSession

• Logintoelearning.villanova.eduwithoneofthesupportedbrowsers,selectthecoursefromyourMyCoursesmenuwhereyouplantohostaBBCollaboratesession

• Onceinyourcourse,BBCollaborateUltracanbelocatedinthelefthandnavigationmenu.ClickBBCollaborate

• ThiswilltakeyoutotheBBCollaborateSessionsmenu.SelectCreateSession.

• OnceyouclickCreateSession,theeventdetailsmenuwillpopup.Fillouttheappropriate

sessioninformationandclickSave.

• Tojointhesession,clickthesessionnameintheSessionsmenu.

• BBCollaboratewillopeninanewtabwithinyourbrowser

BBCollaborateInterface

• BBCollaboratehastwomenus:SessionsMenuandtheCollaboratePanel• Minimenuatthebottomofthescreenincludesquickcontrolsforaudio,videoandraisingyour

hand.• Toolslocatedatthetopofthescreenareparticipantcontrolstodraw/writeonwhiteboards

and/orfiles

SessionMenu

• Thesessionmenuincludeslinkstoo StartyourRecordingo UseyourphoneforAudioo NavigateyouthroughCollaboratethroughthe“TellmeaboutCollaborate”linko Leaveyoursession

Text/drawcontrols

MiniMenuforaudio/video

CollaboratePanel

SessionMenu

CollaboratePanel

• Thecollaboratepaneliswhereyouwillgoto:o Controlyoursettingso ShareContento ViewtheParticipantsListo ViewtheChat

AudioandVideoSetup

• SetupyourcameraandmicrophoneislocatedundertheMySettingsmenuintheCollaboratepanel.Mysettingscanbeaccessedbyclickingthisicon

o Thiswilltakeyouthrough2easystepstosetupyouraudioandvideo.

• Whenyoucompletetheaudio/videosetup,youwillgetanotificationthatyourmicrophoneandcameraarereadytogobutstillturnedoff

• Whenyouarereadytoturnyourmicrophoneandvideoon,usetheminimenucontrols.

ShareContent• ToaccessthesharecontentmenulocatedintheCollaboratepanel,clickthisicon• Thesharecontentmenuallowsyouto:

o ShareaBlankWhiteboardo ShareanApplicationo ShareFiles(PowerPoint,image,orPDFfiles)o Pollingo BreakoutGroups

ParticipantsList

• TheparticipantlistislocatedintheCollaboratepanelbyclickingthisicon • Theparticipantlistisatoolforyoutoseewhoisparticipatinginyoursession

Chat

• ThechattoolislocatedintheCollaboratePanelbyclickingthisicon• Thechattoolallowsyoutocollaboratewithyourstudentsviatext

LeavingBBCollaborate

• Toleavethesession,clickLeaveSessionlocatedintheSessionmenuorsimplycloseyourBBCollaborateSessiontabinyourbrowserwindow.